trava

See also: tráva

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan trava, from Latin trabem (“beam, rafter”). The ending may have been changed to /-a/ due to the word's feminine gender, or a new singular trava could have been back-derived from the original plural traves (cf. xinxa < xinxes). Alternately, trava could simply be a deverbal of travar, a verb derived from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɾa.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtɾa.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾa.va]

Noun

trava f (plural traves)

1. fetter, hobble, shackle
2. catch, block
3. (figurative) hindrance, obstacle

Derived terms

• travar

References

• “trava” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “trava” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

trava

1. inflection of travar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ingrian

Hepoisen trava.

Etymology

Ultimately from Swedish trav. Cognate with Finnish ravi.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑʋɑ/, [ˈtrɑʋɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑʋɑ/, [ˈtrɑʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑ
• Hyphenation: tra‧va

Noun

trava

1. trot (specific type of running of a horse)

Declension

Declension of trava (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	trava	travat
genitive	travan	travvoin
partitive	travvaa	travoja
illative	travvaa	travvoi
inessive	travas	travois
elative	travast	travoist
allative	travalle	travoille
adessive	traval	travoil
ablative	travalt	travoilt
translative	travaks	travoiks
essive	travanna, travvaan	travoinna, travvoin
exessive1)	travant	travoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• travata

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 597

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.bɐ/ [ˈtɾa.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ
• Hyphenation: tra‧va

Etymology 1

Deverbal from travar (“to lock, to hinder”).

Noun

trava f (plural travas)

1. fetter (a chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal)

   Synonym: peia

Etymology 2

Verb

trava

1. inflection of travar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trǎːʋa/
• Hyphenation: tra‧va

Noun

tráva f (Cyrillic spelling тра́ва)

1. (uncountable) grass (plant of the family Poaceae)
2. herb
3. (slang) weed, pot

   On s(j)edi na svom krevetu pušeći travu i čitajući Dostojevskog.

   He's sitting on his bed, smoking pot and reading Dostoyevsky.

Declension

Declension of trava

	singular	plural
nominative	trava	trave
genitive	trave	trava
dative	travi	travama
accusative	travu	trave
vocative	travo	trave
locative	travi	travama
instrumental	travom	travama

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:trava.

Related terms

• travnjak

Further reading

• “trava”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tràːʋa/

Noun

tráva f

1. grass (plant of the family Poaceae)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	tráva
gen. sing.	tráve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	tráva	trávi	tráve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	tráve	tráv	tráv
dative (dajȃlnik)	trávi	trávama	trávam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	trávo	trávi	tráve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	trávi	trávah	trávah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	trávo	trávama	trávami

Derived terms

• travojédec

Further reading

• “trava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of travesti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaba/ [ˈt̪ɾa.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: tra‧va

Noun

trava ? (plural travas)

1. (derogatory, slang, at least in Argentina) a transvestite or trans woman
   • 2008 August, “Salud, VIH-sida y sexualidad trans. Atención de la salud de personas travestis y transexuales. Estudio de seroprevalencia de VIH en personas trans”, in Ministry of Health of Argentina‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 December 2023:

     El 81,12% de las encuestadas refirió haber sufrido situaciones violentas por parte de la policía. Entre los principales abusos policiales sufridos se indican las detenciones ilegales, el hostigamiento verbal en el ámbito público (insultos tales como “travuco”, “travesaño”, “trava”, o bien, el uso de un nombre masculino, entre algunos de los calificativos despectivos más usuales o amenazas, especialmente vinculadas al ejercicio del trabajo sexual).

     81.12% of those surveyed mentioned having been subjected to violent encounters with the police. Some of the main police abuses suffered were unlawful detention, verbal abuse in public (insults such as "transvestite," "trap," "tranny," or even the use of a masculine name, among some of the more typical epithets or threats, especially those linked to sex work).

   • 2009 December 26, Lohana Berkins, “La Navidad de las travas”, in Página 12‎^[2], retrieved 20 December 2023:

     Aunque sea por ese instante el mundo enmudecerá y no habrá insultos de trava, travesaño, trabuco, hombre vestido de mujer, mascarita sidótica, simulacro, colita, parecida, transfor..

     Even if only for that instant, the world will fall silent and there will be no insults of tranny, transvestite, trap, man dressed as a woman, AIDS hider, pretender, masquerader..

Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish trava, likely from Middle Low German traven. Cognate of Latin trepidus

Verb

trava (present travar, preterite travade, supine travat, imperative trava)

1. to trot

Conjugation

Conjugation of trava (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	trava		travas
Supine	travat		travats
Imperative	trava		—
Imper. plural1	traven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	travar	travade	travas	travades
Ind. plural1	trava	travade	travas	travades
Subjunctive2	trave	travade	traves	travades
	Participles
Present participle	travande
Past participle	travad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• trav
• travare

See also

• galoppera
• skritta

Etymology 2

trave +‎ -a

Verb

trava (present travar, preterite travade, supine travat, imperative trava)

1. to stack (making a neat stack)

Conjugation

Conjugation of trava (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	trava		travas
Supine	travat		travats
Imperative	trava		—
Imper. plural1	traven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	travar	travade	travas	travades
Ind. plural1	trava	travade	travas	travades
Subjunctive2	trave	travade	traves	travades
	Participles
Present participle	travande
Past participle	travad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• trave

See also

• stapla

References

• trava in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• trava in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trava in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)